interlocks

verb

present tense third-person singular of interlock
as in connects
to fit (two or more things) together securely She interlocked her fingers with his.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlocks
  1. connects
  2. links
  3. hooks
  4. joins
  5. combines
  6. integrates
  7. dovetails
  8. fuses
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  • Dieffenbach connects with an all-alone-again Mizell with another soaring downfield pass that became another 75-yard touchdown reception.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • New drone video shows progress on emergency repairs to stabilize the slope at the Moro Beach section of Crystal Cove, just below Pacific Coast Highway, where the roadway connects Newport and Laguna Beach.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • Users can connect accounts through Plaid, a financial technology service that links applications with banks.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Adam Driver, for one, has danger in him, according to Gray, who cast the Oscar nominee as a former police officer who links up with the red mafia in the 1980s.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of links
Verb
  • Chrysalis hooks its clients up with social services and teaches them how to write a resume, navigate online job listings and handle an interview.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Right before guests arrive, attach fishing line to the wire cage and hang the fall flower arrangement using cup hooks indoors or on nearby branches outside.
    — Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hooks
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  • Ultra-Orthodox parties Eisenkot also says that any party that joins him must support mandatory military service or civil service.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Eisenkot also says that any party that joins him must support mandatory military service or civil service.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • The platform combines solid-state transformers, battery energy storage, as well as smart controls to deliver electricity from the grid to computing equipment.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Icon Cotton Stretch combines comfort, support and timeless design across a range of signature Calvin Klein underwear silhouettes.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of combines
Verb
  • The series deliberately integrates high-production field reporting with his foundational background in visual explanation.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Silicon photonics Silicon photonics integrates optical components onto semiconductor platforms to transmit information using light.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of integrates
Verb
  • Thurston said the effort dovetails with work at the Visual Effects Society’s Technology Committee and at MovieLabs.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The concept came to fruition when the two moved to Kennedy, Nelson said, noting that cycling dovetails nicely with the junior high cohort by teaching advanced skills.
    — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dovetails
Verb
  • Quinn Shephard and Riley Keough have teamed up for a raunchy new series that fuses the campiness of Jennifer’s Body with the religious guilt of Carrie.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 11 Nov. 2026
  • In this technique, fine powder is placed on a flat bed, then exposed to a highly powerful laser beam that fuses each microscopic particle together in a process called sintering.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026
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“Interlocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlocks. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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